Oatmeal..?

Question

Do you like to make it using milk, or do you like to make it with water & then pour milk on top of it? And also, when making it with milk, which taste better: the regular old fashioned kind or the 1 minute kind?

Answer 1

I like to make mine with old-fashioned oats and I usually cook it with milk in it. For some reason it just tastes better to me.

Answer 2

I use the quick 1 min oatmeal, the quick 1 min oatmeal is broken into smaller pieces and that allows the cook time to be quicker.
I use 1 can carnation milk and some regular milk in a boiling pan on slow heat for about 5 mins with brown sugar.

Answer 3

Well, when I make it in the morning, I cook the oatmeal with water, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Then, when I serve it in the bowls, I place a scoop of oatmeal, with milk poured on top. I also defintely like the old-fashioned oats, they have a much better taste than instant oats.

Answer 4

The quick oats seem to be a little pastier in texture. The old-fashioned oats hold up a little better during the cooking process. I make mine with a mixture of equal parts water and milk, then add a bit of milk to the bowl (it helps to cool it down). I also like to add about a teaspoon of brown sugar or maple syrup as well. Or chopped bananas or raisins for the little ones.

Answer 5

At home, I use the single serve packs of instant oatmeal and just water with brown sugar in it. Then I top it with granola and fruit.

At the nursing home where I used to cook, I used the old fashioned variety and made it a couple of different ways. The diabetics and chubbies got it made with just water and a touch of vanilla, little packs of Equal on their trays to sweeten to taste. The people who needed the extra calories or fortified foods got a water/milk mixture, brown sugar and butter thrown in during the cooking process. A touch of vanilla for them as well. Cinnamon was just too strong for most of our residents, but they enjoyed the extra flavor from the vanilla. I did cream of wheat, cream of rice - all of my hot cereals, actually - the same way. The residents always knew if it was me cooking that day or my relief cook by how the morning cereal tasted!

~Morg~

Answer 6

I think the old fashioned kind made with w/ water is the best. With milk on it after and brown sugar. Fresh fruit on top too.

Answer 7

I use the minute kind made with a blend of milk and water (that way its easier to clean the pan, and it comes out creamier in texture) The old fashioned kind - I cant seem to recall a difference except it takes longer to cook.

Answer 8

I like the microwave stuff; I'm too impatient to cook it on the stove. I don't usually use milk at all; I just use water, but when it's hot I drown my oatmeal in brown sugar. That probably detracts from the health benefits of oatmeal, huh?

Answer 9

I don't like oatmeal but my parents use the little packaged kind. They usually put water then milk with some brown sugar but you can try whatever style meets your fancy.

Answer 10

I cook mine in water then put the milk on top and then I also put a little cinnamon in mine, it just make it taste good i think. I even put some fruit (you're choice) in mine just before eating.